In episode 11 of IDO, the team defend the 1992 sequel Alien 3 and it’s incredible score by composer Elliot Goldenthal! Is it that bad? Does it deserve the vitriol? Is hindsight a friend to this film? Listen and find out!

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Is that a Sheffield accent I detect in one of you? This Yank can identify Sheffield pretty well. Great job, boys. This makes me happy to hear people saying things I’ve been saying about Alien 3 for years. Goldenthal was excited to hear it as well.

No Sheffield accent here although all the Englishmen on the show do have a range of differing accents now that they all live in different places to where they were born. Thanks so much for listening and sending us your thoughts! Alien 3 is a phenomenal film score, one of many by the maestro.

David Fincher was looking for a non ”Hollywood” sound. Tim Zinnemann, who was the producer and also the producer on Pet Sematary, recommended Goldenthal to Fincher. He heard some of his tapes (Juan Darién and Drugstore Cowboy) and loved it a lot and hired him immediately.